The Kings Road always looks quite magical at this time of year. Shop windows come alive, trees are festooned with lights and there’s a general air of bonhomie. London is the very best place to be (OK we’re a little biased) with so many great events. Kew Gardens is always worth a trip, transformed as it is after dark with more than a million fairy lights. Could you ever tire of productions of the The Nutcracker, while The Old Vic has a new version of A Christmas Carol. There are lots of Christmas Markets too including the Nordic inspired event at the South Bank, where the Thames riverside is also transformed with 1000′s of twinkling, glittering lights and a huge tree.

So to add to the general glamour of the winter season, here are some of our newest designs, with a touch of metallic style to add to the shininess of the season.

Bonaldo Big Table

The award-winning Big Table is back – as the ‘small’ Big Table. Bonaldo have relaunched Alain Gilles’ amazing design in a smaller, more compact version and with the addition of some stunning metallic finishes to the legs.

Cop Dining Table

Also new from Bonaldo, Roberto Paoli’s Cop table. The fun, innovative table legs are shaped like bottles and glasses and here you can see them in a beautiful burnished metal finish. How glamorous is that? Lots of other colours on offer for anyone not brave enough to buy into the metallic trend.

Ozma Wall Mirror

The beautiful Ozma Wall Mirror was created by Viola Tonucci for luxury glass furniture specialists Tonelli Design. It’s a large round and concentric shape, with a central rim in gilded metal, which can be removed and used as a table centerpiece. The lights are the Madama pendant lights by Mogg, the quirky Como based brand that produces innovative designs that are always a little outside of the norm.

Eris Pendant Light

For sheer style, elegance and more than a touch of glamour whatever the season, you really don’t need to look much further than the wonderful Galotti&Radice. The exquisite Eris Ceiling Light is designed by Massimo Castagna for them, and as it’s hand-finished each piece is unique. The impressive 210 cm tall structure is painted in black bronze, with bright satin hand-burnished brass and black chrome components.

So, here’s to a wonderful festive, shiny season with you and yours from all at Go Modern.

We’re very partial to a bit of monochrome at Go Modern – despite the in-your-face trend at Milan this year being a whole raft of designs produced in hot, zingy, jewel colours.

So the latest exhibition at the National Gallery is the place we’ll be heading to for some inspiration over the next few weeks. Their ‘Monochrome’ exhibition looks fab, with over 50 works from the last 700 years to the present on glass, vellum, ceramic silk, wood and canvas. According to the National Gallery blurb, ‘Monochrome’ is “a radical look at what happens when artists cast aside the colour spectrum and focus on the visual power of black and white, and everything in between.” Love it. And the National Gallery is also one of our fave places for afternoon tea, with amazing views over the rooftops and down to the Houses Of Parliament. Cake and art – got to be one of the world’s best combos!

So, a little curated Go Modern gallery here of some of our latest black and white designs.

Tonelli Design Metropolis table

The Metropolis Ceramic Dining Table from Italian glass wizards Tonelli Design, created by Giuseppe Maurizio Scutellà for their new 2017 collection. Amazing zig-zag shaped glass table legs with the top made from beautiful marble-look ceramic glass.

Mogg Vetrinetty cabinets

This is our current kitchen must have. Mogg’s Vetrinetty glass cabinets (there’s a sideboard too) designed by Marcantonio Raimondi Malerba. We love so much of what Malerba produces and this is now top of the list. Look closely at the glass – different patterns and textures for each panel. And the glass is just about transparent enough to show off what’s inside (but not show the clutter!).

Saba Chillout armchair

So, if you’re looking for a chair that’s slouchy comfy, but with a bit of lower back support…Saba Italia have nailed it. The name of this chair says it all. Chillout. The latest from Giuseppe Viganò. And chill-out you certainly will.

And finishing with the stunning, glamorous but oh so simple Cookies coffee table, part of Gallotti&Radice’s 2017 collection, and designed by Pietro Russo. Marbles, woods and elegant metal detailing – Gallotti&Radice are the supreme masters at this combo.

Gallotti&Radice Cookies coffee table

So, black and white, timeless, stylish and in the oft quoted words of the great Coco Chanel: “I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.”

We work with some truly talented interior designers here at Go Modern and we were incredibly impressed with a recent design project that we thought we’d share with you.

Furnish Interior Design is based in the heart of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. They’re a fun, very creative bunch and passionate about what they do. Their brief was for a beautiful Georgian apartment in Cheltenham, and in the following pictures you can see the open-plan space they worked on using a number of different pieces, including some from the Go Modern collection – the Lars sofa and Nikos armchair from Bonaldo, and the New York Suite sofa from Saba Italia.

Furnish Interior Design’s clients requested a scheme that would be both luxurious, rich and calming but introduce edginess to contrast. Director Daniel Cook from Furnish described the project to us. Read on to see how it was achieved…

“The scheme was a delight for Furnish to work on; we were overwhelmed with the apartment’s Georgian architecture. The tall ceilings, room proportions and original features such as the fireplace and decorative hand-crafted coving contribute to the strong character of this apartment. They were all elements that we of course wanted to celebrate and consider within the design.

Georgian apartment, Cheltenham

“Our clients had a desire for us to create a space that had a subtle connection between each room whilst maintaining intrigue and a sense of individuality. The colour palette of the reception sets the scene for the rest of the apartment where the punches of colour and geometric shapes can be seen throughout.

“Earthy grey tones for the walls were inspired by those that exist in the marble fireplace. The neutral walls and organic nature of the sisal carpet helped to set the calming backdrop. Juxtaposing this, bursts of blues, mustard yellows and magenta showcase as signature colours in the sofa, rug, cushions and accessories throughout.

“The amazing Saba New York sofa sitting in front of the black sculptural character of the Tom Faulkner furniture in the dining area adds the perfect injection of beautiful mustard yellow. The artwork by Miranda Carter was commissioned especially to subtly pick up on these yellow tones and add gentle blues, reflected in the cushions by Jessica Zoob. A huge bespoke antique mirror rests on the fireplace allowing the details of the ceiling and large-scale gliding pendant light to be bounced back into the room.

Georgian apartment, Cheltenham – Bonaldo Lars sofa

“It was an especially tricky project for Furnish as our clients are based in Bermuda. Therefore, most communication, design presentation and development had to be achieved via Skype calls and emails. Through the use of intricate and detailed mood boards, material sample boards, technical plans and drawings we were able to clearly determine, communicate and successfully achieve the look and feel for our clients perfect space.”

Profile of the Saba Italia New York Suite sofa

So, job extremely well done Furnish Interior Design – and we look forward to being of service for your next exciting project.

Autumn is definitely in the air and we’ve also started thinking a little further ahead to Christmas. The season of goodwill – and playing host to a myriad of family and friends. Which is great but, if you are anything like some of us at Go Modern, the perennial problem of where to put everyone/no room at the inn is, well, a perennial one.

So we got to thinking about how we could help and make everyone a little happier. And thus the idea of a special sofabed, exclusive to Go Modern, was born.

The Happy Sofa Bed will, we’re hoping, be the bed of your dreams (and those of your guests). Designed exclusively for us by Italian specialist Vibieffe, Happy is a stylish two-seater sofa that looks for all the world like the up-market, high quality, contemporary sofa that it is. But it’s also so much more.

Happy Sofa Bed

Within its sturdy tubular steel frame, and deep sumptuous foam and feather cushions, lies the answer of where to put your wise men and ensure they have a good night’s sleep: A highly sophisticated bed mechanism with a comfortable 13cm sprung mattress ingeniously hidden inside the sofa base.

Happy is good looking enough to deserve taking centre-stage in your living room, spare bedroom or guest room. It’s also available in three sizes, with fully removable covers in cotton, linen, leather or own choice fabric. Its discrete angled feet are in chrome-plated aluminium. Made in Italy. Which all in all makes us very happy and we hope it will make you happy too.

We have a Happy on display in our Kings Road showroom at the moment so please pop in and try it for yourself. We can’t promise angels, shepherds or wise men, just a very good, high-quality sofa bed that won’t disappoint.

Happy Sofa Bed on display in our Kings Road Showroom

And to add to the all round happiness factor… we’re offering a special 15% discount on ALL our sofa beds until the end of October. Simply use code HAPPY17 at the checkout, call us on 020 7731 9540, or talk to one of the team when you’re in the showroom. We’ll wake you with a lovely Italian coffee if we need to.

Go Modern specialises in beautiful Italian wardrobes: fitted, freestanding, sliding doors, hinged doors or walk-in wardrobes… take your pick. Whatever you are looking for we are sure we will have something stylish to suit. In fact we have possibly the largest range of Italian wardrobes in the UK. Why choose an Italian wardrobe? Simply because of the endless choice of beautiful contemporary styles, in a huge number of finishes and colours.

But it can be a daunting process… if you let it! So here’s our mini-guide with some information about the different styles of wardrobes on offer:

FITTED WARDROBES Our fitted wardrobes are all made to order in Italy. Simply discuss your space with us and we will get as close a fit as possible from the hundreds of wardrobes sizes and options, which can then be cut to an even more precise fit and installed by our expert team of wardrobe fitters. If you’ve an awkward corner or a sloping roof we love that kind of ‘problem’…

Dotty Corner Wardrobe

To achieve the ‘perfect fitted wardrobe fit’:

Our installers can install filler panels/MDF around the edges of the design so that the wardrobe blends seamlessly with the wall

We can have the tops and sides cut to order, including cut at an angle (for under eaves, sloping roofs etc)

You can choose your own internal layout to suit

But bear in mind:

Each wardrobe needs a back and sides, nothing is attached to the wall

Wardrobes can be stand-on-their-own (which also means they can be moved when you move)

Because we need a few spare cms on the sides and top to install them, there will be a gap – which, as mentioned, can be covered by our fitters

Alfa Fitted Wardrobe

We also have a large selection of both hinged door and sliding door wardrobes, and customers often ask which of these they should choose. Well, both have advantages and disadvantages…

HINGED DOOR WARDROBES Hinged door wardrobescome in the largest choice of sizes, starting from 90cm wide increasing in different size increments. Wardrobes with hinged doors can also be cut to fit angles – corners of rooms, loft rooms, under the eaves or under stairs as discussed above. Pop into our Kings Road showroom to see an example of the clever fitting that can be achieved. Hinged doors also usually have handles, many of which are a design feature in their own right and, again, there’s a great choice of colours, textures and shapes.

Unika Hinged Wardrobe

SLIDING DOOR WARDROBESThese are perfect for large spaces. Although they don’t have as many choices of sizes, we have a number of different collections, so we should be able to provide a very close fit and, as with hinged door wardrobes, sliding door wardrobes can be fitted with panels of the wardrobe’s particular finish to create the fitted wardrobe look. The minimum size of a sliding door wardrobe is two metres (and in our experience, they usually look better in even larger sizes). An obvious advantage of sliding door wardrobes is that the doors don’t open outwards, which means that not as much room is needed in front of them. However, for obvious reasons, this style of wardrobe won’t fit into the corner of a room, although we have a model that does (the Dover sliding door wardrobe, the only one we have ever seen).

Ghost Sliding Door Wardrobe

So, in a nutshell:

Wardrobes with hinged doors

are usually less expensive

are smaller

can be cut to fit around corners, under angled ceilings and stairs

have some fantastic, design-led, handles to chose from

Sliding door wardrobes

are larger

can’t be cut at angles

have a slightly more restricted choice of sizes

can save space as doors don’t need room to open out

have bigger cupboards

look great in large sizes, with a more streamline look as they have fewer doors

Why a walk-in wardrobe? Walk-in wardrobes can be installed with or without doors, and doors can also be ceiling hung. If you need advice, our designers and fitters can advise on the viability of this and suggest the composition/style that would be best, and can also do a site visit if necessary (within London).

Walk-in wardrobes work best in bedrooms where there’s an adjoining room directly off the bedroom, or perhaps an L-shaped room or even a spare room not needed as a bedroom. If you dont have these, larger bedrooms can also be fitted with stud walls to create a walk-in area.

Walk-in wardrobes are wonderfully luxurious and incredibly practical – providing an at-a-glance view of what you have stored. They’re also completely customisable, with added accessories including drawers, glass shelves and cabinets, pull-out hangers, shoe cupboards and racks, pigeon holes and dividers etc, all in a variety of finishes from matt or gloss lacquers to wood and smoked glass to leather. Add LED lighting to the final design.

My Suite Storage System

So, we hope that’s useful. Whichever type of wardrobe you decide on, our in-house designers can help you find the very best solution, and our expert fitters can install it for you. Give us a ring, drop us an email, or pop into the showroom (nearest tube Fulham Broadway or plenty of metered parking in nearby roads) to discuss your requirements.

At Go Modern we get very excited when Novamobili Italy launches a new collection. They make the kind of furniture we love: stylish and modern, big on function and swoon-worthy on the looks front. And they’re especially good at bedroom furniture. Their beds always include great ideas such as clever storage, beautifully upholstered finishes, generous padding and elegant detailing.

So, we’re thrilled to announce the UK launch of some of Novamobili’s latest upholstered beds, including Modo, Brick, and Margot. And you’ll be spoilt for choice when it comes to fabrics – there’s a choice of 120, including 24 in leather or eco-leather.

Novamobili Margot

The very handsome Margot, above, was designed in-house by the Novamobili Studio team. What we love most is its low-key, elegance – a kind of ‘Kate Moss’ of the bed world. And, as well as the generously padded frame and headboard (OK – so after low-key elegance, the resemblance to Kate Moss goes no further) look at the extra design details such as some slightly quirky, angled metal legs. Fab! There are also two different heights to choose from for the mattress: flush with the bed or set 7cm below the top of the base frame. Did we mention that it’s all in the detail!

Novamobili Brick

Studio Gherardi are the designers behind Brick, with its luxurious and deep upholstered headboard and frame. Look out for the tailor-quality stitching too, which can be chosen in pinch or standard style to match the fabric, or blanket stitching in contrasting shades if you want to add a personal touch or your own quirky finish. As with Margot, there’s a choice of two heights for the mattress, flush or set 10cm below the frame, and it’s also available as a storage bed with a wonderfully roomy base.

Novamobili Modo

Designed in-house by the Novamobili Studio team, Modo is the quietly chic member of the collection. The stand-out feature for us is its deeply padded headboard with some very neat, central, buttonless top-stitching, creating an air of relaxed sophistication. The generously upholstered, curved base is also available with two types of storage: ‘simple’ which allows the whole base to be lifted, giving you easy access from three sides, or ‘standard’ which lifts from the end of the bed. Which style you chose obviously depends on the size of your bedroom and what other furniture you have around the bed.

So, we hope you like Novamobili’s latest designs as much as we do. And borrowing from one of our greatest plays about the world of slumber: “Take pains. Be perfect.” We think Novamobili have done just that! Pop over to the Go Modern site and take a look at all of our upholstered bed collection… Sweet Dreams!

PS – and of course we also have a great mid-summer sale on at the moment!

We’re still deep in garden furniture mode at Go Modern. As the weather begins to improve (ahem) and the days certainly are longer it’s all about getting back outside, keeping the borders watered and that first cut of the lawn.

We’ve more new outdoor designs to show you here and some of the prettiest furniture we’ve seen in a while, starting with one of our newest partners Saba Italia. But it’s not just about the aesthetics, striking as they are, as with all our outdoor designs they have to meet our strict criteria for robust materials and advanced technology.

Saba Italia are a young Venetian brand where fashion meets furniture meets – exceedingly good design. They have produced two new outdoor chairs that are beautifully decorative and quite different from the norm.

Saba Italia Grace

Grace is designed by Paolo Grasselli and is an irresistibly dainty design. It’s created by fusing different sizes of metal rings together so that empty circles clasp cushioned spheres, creating a frame of coloured and transparent ‘bubbles’. The frame and rings are made from lacquered iron, which can be finished in either white or grey, and Grace can also be used inside as well as out.

Saba Italia New York

The beautifully vibrant colours of the New York garden armchairs, designed by Sergio Bicego for Saba Italia, are produced in water-proof quick-drying non-absorbent technical fabric (with an excellent performance in the Martindale test of up to 90,000 cycles – for those of you who like the full tech stuff!) which guarantees abrasion resistance as well as hygienic ‘breathability’. And there are 13 different outdoor fabrics to choose from, or you can supply your own. Incredibly comfortable (trust us – we sat for a long time at the recent Milan show on one of these!) the white-painted tubular metal frame is specifically treated for outdoor use.

Missoni Home are lauded the world over for their beautiful fabrics and they’re now producing striking outdoor furniture too. As you’d expect from this award-winning fashion and accessories company their designs are eye-wateringly good and, of course, instantly recognisable.

Missoni Home Jalamar

The Jalamar sunlounger will attract more than a few admiring glances around the pool. The covers are removable with a huge choice of Missoni fabrics to choose from. And for sun lovers, the Jalamar has a fully adjustable frame (due to its clever internal mechanism) allowing you to capture those rays from any angle.

Tribu Nomad velvet outdoor pouf

There are an incredible number of stunning outdoor fabrics to choose from this summer. During last year’s London Design Festival, we were joined by Melanie Bernard from the outdoor fabric company Sunbrella for a Q & A session about the latest trends in furniture and fabrics. Sunbrella began by producing fabrics for yacht sails – so they know a thing or two about all-weather material! They’re now international specialist in fabrics for garden furniture and work with all the leading companies in this area.

For the most luxurious, sumptuous outdoor fabric, how about velvet (yes, you read that correctly – velvet!). Belgian specialists Tribù have used velvet for their Nomad garden poufs and they really caught our eye when we saw them at the last Milan show. One word: Stunning! And they come in seven delicious colours including marine blue, oyster, acqua and the moss colour seen above.

So practical, pretty design-led garden furniture. Who needs sunshine when you can create your own! Check out all of our latest garden designs here.

So what better time than now to introduce our brand new 2017 outdoor garden furniture collections from specialists Manutti,Tribù, Point and Missoni Home!

Manutti is the the award-winning, luxury go to brand for superyachts, Hollywood villas and chic townhouses, and headlining its new line-up is San by French designer Lionel Doyen. Lionel previewed his wonderful new design with us during the London Design Festival last September.

Manutti San

San is inspired by Japanese art and design and pretty much masters the art of Zen. Made from sustainable Iroko wood, this low, sleek piece is the epitome of minimalism. It’s modular which means there are numerous configurations – from a simple bench to sunlounger to two-seater sofa with the addition of backrests, cushions and small but beautiful tables in Carrara White or Portoro Black marble.

Manutti San

Cascade is Manutti’s other brand new design for summer. And in true Manutti style it’s a design that would look just as good indoors as it does out. With weather-proof fabric, clever fast-drying foam cushions, and a strong, rust proof aluminium powder-coated frame, you can also choose it in a light or dark weave, and add a range of outdoor scatter cushions to complete the ‘inside out’ look!

Manutti Cascade

We were lucky enough to pop over to Belgium last month to celebrate Tribù’s 50th anniversary! And we’re still recovering. What a day/night – with a tour of its wonderful, newly opened and extended showroom alongside the magnificent party celebrations. This family run company were early pioneers of the idea that patios and gardens can be an extension of the house. Another room – just outside.

Tribùhas produced four fantastic new designs and additions to ranges for this year, including the magnificent Pavilion Day Bed by the highly talented designer Monica Armani (who we were delighted to meet at the anniversary celebrations).

Tribu Pavilion Day Bed

Tribù’sbeautiful Tosca Collection, also by Monica Armani, has been extended to include the colour Wenge, which is a rich, warm shade of brown. Tosca is made using extra-large textured braiding, something that’s all the rage at the moment, from interiors to fashion – think over large knitting needles! It’s an amazing weather-proof material and incredibly soft to to the touch.

Tribu Tosca

Tribu’s Mood Collection also has some new additions, with a Day Bed and Club Chair and, if you’re looking for the ultimate, sleek Beach Chair, take a look at the new addition to the Branch Collection with beautifully flowing, fluid lines and elegant tapered legs (we’ll just have to remember not to stand too close to it at the pool!).

Tribu Branch Beach Chairs

Point has been producing stunning hand-made outdoor furniture in Spain since 1920. It is another close-knit, family run company and its newest collections have blown us away. Fabulous contemporary designs including Weave which is a modern take on a traditional weave design.

Last summer you probably remember that we were jumping up and down to announce our partnership with Missoni HomeFurnitureand we’re now even more excited to show you this incredible brand’s new outdoor furniture collection. Featuring lots of colourful zigzags, florals and stripes, the trade mark look from this iconic design house, and its outdoor collection doesn’t disappoint.

The Missoni Home Virgola Garden Chair is a striking piece of modern design, a real garden showstopper, and it’s available in a huge range of Missoni’s stunning outdoor fabrics.

Missoni Home Furniture Virgola

For a nod to 1960s style the Cordula Garden Chairwith a woven rope design will tick all the right boxes…

Missoni Home Furniture Cordula

while the versatile Nap Collection is a simple, customisable modular design which includes a chaise longue, sofa and a large pouf. The covers are removable and you can choose from a large range of Missoni’s fabulous weatherproof fabrics.

Confession: At Go Modern quite a few of us LOVE clothes. And shoes. And handbags. Our trips to some of Europe’s capitals to meet with suppliers and discuss new designs are often punctuated with a (very) quick dash into the odd boutique (shhh – don’t tell anyone). And of course London Fashion Week starts next week – so as usual look out for some of the most exciting shows on the planet!!

But how to store it all is the question. Well, come talk to us because wardrobes are one of our specialities and, without blowing too much of a trumpet, we have probably the largest range of Italian made freestanding and fitted wardrobes in the UK. All of our wardrobes can be built from two doors wide to as many as you need… and most importantly they have a HUGE choice of internal storage options.

We have a myriad of clever storage ideas for shoes, bags, umbrellas, sports equipment, keys… some even have chargers for mobile phones and other electronic stuff…and, of course, clothes. There are pull-out apothecary-style sections, corner cupboards with swing out trays, pull down rails - in essence our made-to-measure wardrobes are the ‘haute couture’ for your home.

Lema Warm wardrobe

And if you’re a fashionista you’re almost certainly into colours and textures. We can do that too. Most of our wardrobes come in dozens of beautiful fashion-led colours or finishes, such as the stunning Lema Warm wardrobe above which is upholstered in hide with the profiles and handles in an uber stylish bronzed anodised aluminium.

Novamobili Curved wardrobe

Got an angled wall or an awkward corner? We love those. The Novamobili Curved wardrobe above is a fabulous example of what you can do with a space you had no idea what to do with. We work with a number of different wardrobe manufacturers with a huge range of designs and we’ve never come across any design like this.

Jesse Walk-in Wardrobe

Jesse make an incredible range of wardrobes. The Jesse Walk-in Wardrobe (above) is in their fab new finish, satin white, and fulfills that fantasy all fashionistas have… a walk-in-closet! It’s a knee trembler isnt it. One of our team once had a tour round Tammy Wynette’s walk-in closet in her house in Nashville, by the lovely lady herself no less, and it was seriously impressive, housing every single stage dress she’d ever worn, and a few more. But you dont have to be a famous country singer to have a walk-in. No siree… if you have an L-shaped bedroom or even a large room that can be partitioned then darn it – Tammy would be proud of you!

Schoenbuch Basic Shoe Cupboard

Shoes. Cant live without them. Can never have too many of them. That’s why we love this slim line shoe cupboard from the masters of slim-line storage ideas Schoenbuch. Their Basic Shoe Cupboard is just genius and sooo neat. We’ve got one in the Kings Road showroom at the moment, in a beautiful dove blue, and it’s turning a lot of heads we can tell you. And deservedly so as the design starts from a depth of just 20cm, so if you’re tight on space here’s the answer! The Basic also comes in 26 different gloss/matt lacquer colours… which should satisfy even the most demanding of fashionistas amongst us!

You can see the full range of wardrobes at Go Modern here. Happy shopping!

There’s something about the post Christmas period and start of a New Year that prompts, in most of us at least (quick straw poll of the Go Modern team), a desperate feeling of needing more space. Or at least a big declutter. Or maybe we should have just got out more over the holiday!

The great thing is that there’s no need to compromise on style to achieve more space. Lots of the brands we work with have used their creative energy to come up with some very clever and stylish products that will maximise your existing space and give you the cool, sleek, uncluttered look you dream of.

To kick-start your search we’ve pulled together just a few ideas that might help…

Mogg DPI wall units

Quirky Italian brand Mogg creates lots of great furniture that makes us think differently about conventional design. These fab wall units (above), called DPI, have a slightly industrial look, which we love, and they’re modular/varying sizes. The styling here shows them used very creatively as a wall hung bedside table and book storage.

Novamobili Wall Unit/Bookcase

And talking of books, we’ve got tons of them (even more since Christmas!). Like good friends you never want to part with… kind of. But what to do with them all if you don’t operate the ‘one in/one out’ system? Novamobili are the people to ask – specialising in wall units (and some great wardrobes) that ooze Italian style. The Wall Unit/Bookcase 08 (above) has a very ordered, contemporary look with bookshelves split into individual compartments to help with the sorting, along with sleek, complementing drawers. Plus…all your TV cables, DVD systems, audio equipment, the whole lot, can be hidden away neatly in specially created channels and behind panels, so the dreadful electronic spaghetti cable mess need never haunt you again.

Novamobili Wall Unit/Bookcase 04

Here’s another smaller version of the Wall Unit/Bookcase above, showing just how versatile this great system is.

And dont under-estimate the amount of storage a good storage bed will give you.

Bonaldo Cuff storage bed

Bonaldo’s Cuff bed (above) is an uber stylish storage bed (with some very neat leather inserts on its headboard) and has what’s called a ‘Comodo’ storage base. This is where the whole of the top lifts up with the help of gas pistons. This means that not only will your bed stay made, always a big plus in our book, but you won’t have to shift any bedside furniture around before you can retrieve whatever it is you’ve stored. Anything to make life a tad easier!

Ozzio are a young Italian brand who major in space saving, transformable furniture. From wall units that hide dining tables for eight (seriously) to cute coffee tables that have hidden storage and transform, like the one below, Bellagio, into a desk or something called a ‘dinette’ table. Great for TV dinners or a bit of sofa home-office working.

Ozzio Bellagio coffee table

So, there you have it. Five interesting, stylish designs from us that will help with our space-hungry lives – and maybe even restore a bit of sanity, who knows! Lots more on the Go Modern site so do check them out! www.gomodern.co.uk

PS – We’ve also got a winter sale on at the moment – so hop over and make the most of it!

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